THE M I C O, &c. 215 



' my defcription is not exaggerated *.' From 

 this narration it is obvious, that M. de la Con- 

 damine's defcription will apply to no other ani- 

 mal than the Mico ; and that it is a diftindt, and 

 probably a very rare fpecies. Though remark- 

 able for the beauty of its hair, and the lively 

 red which adorns its face, it wras never mention- 

 ed by any former author or traveller. 



Dijlinflive Charaflers of this Species. 



The mico has neither cheek-pouches nor cal- 

 lofities on the buttocks. The tail is about one 

 iialf longer than the head and body, and is not 

 piehenfile. The partition of the noftrils is thin- 

 ner than that of the other fagoins ; but their a- 

 pertures are placed at a fide. Its face and ears are 

 naked, and of a vermilion colour. The mutzXc 

 is Ihort ; the eyes aie diftant from each other; 

 the ears are large ; the hair is of a beautiful fil- 

 very white colour, and that of the tail of a glof- 

 fy brown, approaching to black. It walks on 

 four feet, and exceeds not feven or eight inches 

 in length. The females are not fubjed to the 

 menfes. 



NOTICES 



* Voyage fur la riviere de? Amazones, par M. de la Coa- 

 damiue, p, 165. 



